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Mon May 16, 2016 3:42 pm
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A laugh and a lesson.
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Charles L. Cotton » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:38 pm
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One of my flying magazines (AOPA Pilot) has a regular monthly column entitled Never Again. In it are stories of close calls for pilots, most of whom...
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Never Again!?
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:06 pm
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Last post by dragun
Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:36 am
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Another mystery discharge
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treadlightly » Tue May 31, 2016 6:05 am
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Initial reports said the gun discharged while the officer was drawing it. New reports say he was running and his gun went off. A quote on the news...
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Yep.
That...and most Derringers lack a trigger guard.
Maybe there will be more details on this at a latter date.
Can't fault the officer for...
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Last post by flintknapper
Tue May 31, 2016 5:32 pm
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tu Officer mysterious discharge
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Texsquatch » Tue May 17, 2016 11:22 am
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I call this mysterious because I don't know how the gun just woke up and decided to fire while holstered.
-Didn't say he touched it, just that he...
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There is a heck of a lot more to that story than what is being told.
Just sayin'...
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Last post by RossA
Thu May 19, 2016 9:49 am
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Last post by pushpullpete
Mon May 16, 2016 12:23 pm
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Man shoots self but doesn't realize it until 3 days later
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TexDotCom » Tue May 10, 2016 1:18 pm
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Sadly, it took finally changing his shirt to figure it out. :???:
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I have an NAA 22 WMR that I carry often in a front pocket. I've always said that if I shot someone with it and they found out about it later, I...
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Last post by goose
Fri May 13, 2016 8:42 am
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Any problems with this picture?
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mojo84 » Tue May 10, 2016 11:27 am
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Saw this on facebook. Doesn't matter how cute she is.
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Well, I'm not going to say I didn't notice those things first - and maybe not in that order, but it was worth a little closer inspection....
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Last post by Texsquatch
Tue May 10, 2016 9:12 pm
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This wife's fatal midnight snack
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philip964 » Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:44 pm
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SA man mistakenly shoots wife in the dark after he hears noises coming from the kitchen at 4 am.
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That's where I went.
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Last post by Dragonfighter
Sun May 08, 2016 10:31 am
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TX: 8 yr old picks up rifle and kills woman in next room
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philip964 » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:36 pm
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A man was cleaning his guns, when an 8 year old picked up a rifle and apparently pulled the trigger on a loaded, cocked and unlocked rifle, killing...
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Every gun I own is unloaded except my EDC, and that is inaccessible to anyone but me. I don't leave shells in my shotgun, magazines in my AR-15 or my...
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Last post by baldeagle
Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:45 pm
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Last post by WildBill
Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:54 am
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walking stick???
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aaangel » Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:39 pm
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just another friendly reminder to always carry. my parents are going on vacation. im loading up the car with luggages and needed to open the garage,...
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i already forwarded this to our neighborhood watch, just in case we have some complaints of broken windows.(from the baseballs of course)
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Last post by aaangel
Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:38 pm
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NEVER AGAIN
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shooter37 » Thu Apr 07, 2016 5:42 pm
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In a season as politically charged as this is, names have been changed (incomplete?) to protect the innocent and to keep this PC and acceptable (?),...
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:smilelol5:
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Last post by Javier730
Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:21 pm
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Last post by Pawpaw
Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:17 pm
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Last post by joe817
Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:39 pm
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Last post by Soccerdad1995
Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:41 am
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When Bad Holsters Turn Worse
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gdnewcomer » Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:25 am
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First post to the group. Thanks for the ad. Did a search in the group and did not find a match. Pretty good read on Nylon IWB holsters.
The OP's...
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Left handed IWB converts to right handed draw if you put it IWB at your back. Kind of anyways, a forward cant doesn't work but a straight up and down...
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Last post by Jago668
Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:33 pm
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potential situation avoided
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truckster » Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:09 am
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Today, heading back home from having lunch with a pal of mine in Plano, I had something happen that has never happened before thus scareing me into...
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I would have done the same thing. I had a similar experience in Dallas a few years ago in the Walnut Hill area (not a good area). Except the person...
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Last post by atx2a
Tue Feb 16, 2016 3:32 pm
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Dallas Home Invasion: Local Radio Personality Firsthand Experience
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fickman » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:28 pm
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I think this is a compelling story worthy of discussion here . Several of the elements are unique and it gave me a few new variables to consider....
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Thanks for posting this. It has really got me thinking, again. My circumstances are much different but the possibility of a home invasion is one of...
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Last post by FCH
Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:46 pm
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How not to sharpen a knife
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Soccerdad1995 » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:44 pm
So I decided to sharpen my carry knife on Sunday. Grabbed the little mini sharpener and sat down to watch some TV. Second pull through and I...
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Last post by Pawpaw
Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:21 pm
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Going unarmed
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RetNavy » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:45 am
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Wife and I had to go to a local bank yesterday, before leaving she asked if I was going to carry my weapon inside which I said Yes..... After the...
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rlol rlol :rolll
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Last post by GlassG19
Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:59 pm
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Toddlers shooting people once a week in the US now.
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philip964 » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:26 am
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Things writers are researching and writing about. No preaching about more gun restrictions, just letting the public know about toddlers killing or...
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I know, right? When I first let my daughter shoot my HK 9mm, she could barely pull the trigger DA and had a hard time SA. That's about 11 and 4.5...
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Last post by android
Fri Jan 29, 2016 5:08 pm
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Last post by philip964
Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:49 pm
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Ohio Man Shoots Himself
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WildBill » Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:25 pm
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Interesting that the story mentioned that the shooter/victim carried a Glock and that Ohio was an Open Carry State.
They also didn't mention if he...
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The article states it went off as he was pulling his pants up ...it doesn't say as he was putting the pistol back in. If the pulling of the pants...
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Last post by Countryside
Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:17 am
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Firefighter mistaken for intruder and murdered
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philip964 » Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:03 pm
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Wife calls 911 after husband has seizure. Responding volenteer firefighter is murdered by man as he comes out of seizure.
RIP
Big on the anti gun...
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Doesn't surprise me. Nothing I've seen shows intent or premeditation.
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Last post by mojo84
Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:55 pm
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WA: intoxicated CHL accidentally shoots moviegoer at Regal Cinema
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philip964 » Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:31 pm
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He says gun was dropped. He fled the scene. Turned in by his father. Woman upgraded from critical to serious condition.
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The Regal theater in my town has been posted since the 1st and accidents likes this will keep the signs up permanently.
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Last post by nightmare69
Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:29 pm
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Scare last night
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mamabearCali » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:00 pm
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Never let your guard down.
Last night around 9:30 pm we had a nasty scare. Let me set the stage. My husband is in praise band and civil air patrol...
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Say no to peepholes....peepholes are a very bad idea. As another posted, there are devices that allow someone to see through them. But even if that...
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Last post by VMI77
Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:15 pm
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preston road incident... new crime game?
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glock27 » Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:09 am
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Saturday night when it was pouring down rain. I had a fully loaded down trailer I was heading back to work to unload when I came to a red light stop,...
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Yes.... the old bump and jack. its been around for years.
Almost 4 years ago I almost got robbed at the flying J in Abilene. I was moving there for...
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Last post by Bluegill
Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:27 am
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KEEP THE LATCH LATCHED ON YOUR HOTEL DOOR!
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jayinsat » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:48 pm
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I am still shaking as I'm typing this but I need an outlet to calm me. I'm in a Marriott Residence Inn in Gulfport Mississippi right now with my...
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As was mentioned earlier
Youtube has a video that shows a carabiner and a zip tie are all you need to enter a locked and latched hotel room
Zip tie...
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Last post by 92f-fan
Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:24 am
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Bullet falling from the sky kills Houston man
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Vol Texan » Fri Jan 01, 2016 10:52 pm
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I hope they find the idiot who did this:
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The late Major General Julian Hatcher did a lot of experiments along this line, if anyone is interested. he wrote up the experiments and results in...
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Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:34 pm
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Last post by bjthompson
Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:43 am
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So I'm in the waiting room at Parkland hospital
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surferdaddy » Sat May 03, 2014 7:03 pm
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I got the message from my frantic wife that my father in law had shot himself in the hand whilst cleaning his 9mm. This just happened so I'm still...
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True words indeed my friend.
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Last post by surferdaddy
Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:59 pm
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Ice Skating
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nedmoore » Sat Jan 02, 2016 1:27 am
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Took the wife and twins to Moody Gardens today for the Holiday stuff, I was CC and (by the way saw, no signage of 30.06 or 30.07).
Anyway, time to...
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Use a shoulder holster; then you don't have to worry about performing sitzbangs.
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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:16 am
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Last post by C-dub
Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:45 am
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Learned a lesson about "jugging"
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bliss79 » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:27 pm
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As of yesterday, I was unaware of this practice, and that is what caused the never again of this post. There were things that, out of ignorance, I...
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While Montana is a Gold Star OC state, you just don't see it anywhere in town. I OC'd into a Mexican restaurant in Kalispell one day just to see what...
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Last post by Oldgringo
Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:21 am
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Last post by Charles L. Cotton
Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:18 pm
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Wife followed this morning to School
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lildave40 » Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:35 am
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This morning My wife was going to college to drop my son off for school Going down the road she saw a ford sitting on the side of the road. When she...
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I realize I'm responding to an old story but it was my wife's story a few years ago too. Even after talking her through the event, she still didn't...
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Last post by Sport Coach
Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:12 pm
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Need some advice on printing. And accidental exposure
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buddyhotrod » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:22 pm
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Hello everyone
So I have been conceal carrying since early November when I got my chl.
Often when I am wearing a t shirt the handle of the weapon...
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After spending 6 years in the army, I came to the realization that most people are clueless and have no idea what's going on around them. I have to...
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Last post by stingeragent
Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:44 pm
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Wonderful-Just Dogone Wonderful
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Jim Beaux » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:42 pm
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Shot in the hip in a hospital complex.
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We lawyers all know that an eye witness can sure ruin a good story!
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Last post by JALLEN
Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:22 pm
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Doctors office/purse ND in Beaumont
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philip964 » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:28 pm
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Gun falls out of purse. Gun fires and goes through wall wounding a patient in the next room. My anti gun friends love this stuff.
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Already running:
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Last post by Pawpaw
Sat Oct 24, 2015 6:01 am
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Two people shot during Gunfight Re-enactment
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WildBill » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:57 am
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TOMBSTONE, Ariz. -- Two people were hit with bullets Sunday during a gunfight re-enactment in the Old West town of
Tombstone that was supposed to...
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Work with a guy who does these re-enactments and knows these two gentleman. He used to live there and keeps in touch with the guys in this bunch. He...
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Last post by Sidro
Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:13 pm
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Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:00 pm
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Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:13 am
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Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job
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The Annoyed Man » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:16 pm
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Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job
Before the call that changed Sergeant Timothy Gramins’ life forever, he typically carried 47...
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My point was a 9mm that one can handle well is a better choice for that person than a 10mm or .45 they are marginal with.
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Last post by LDB415
Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:35 pm
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Sand in S&W 442 revolver
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rp_photo » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:32 pm
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I just got back from a beach photo shoot and noticed that my pocket holster and EDC S&W 442 revolver had picked up some sand.
I blasted the gun...
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Go to a gun Smith.
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Last post by Deltaboy
Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:57 am
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Last post by AndyC
Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:08 pm
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When you think you've see everything!
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Eric Lamberson » Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:39 pm
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My you've got to be kidding experience for the week.
I was the Safety Officer for an IDPA squad today at the local match. It was a close range...
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The issue would be shooting a plated bullet at a high enough velocity to shed the plating would likely deposit excessive lead/copper in the bore....
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Last post by Eric Lamberson
Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:26 pm
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Last post by Oldgringo
Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:50 pm
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Unintentionally drove into plant with gun for 2 weeks
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rp_photo » Sat May 23, 2015 9:52 am
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My regular office is 30.06 posted, so i have gotten into the habit of placing the gun under the seat. Sometimes out of forgetfulness or laziness I...
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The fact is in most jobs in Texas you can be fired for anything at any time. :txflag:
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Last post by Deltaboy
Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:29 am
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8 year old Playing with gun dies. No. 4 Houston
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philip964 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:09 pm
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11 year old may have pulled the trigger. No magazine in the gun, but one in the chamber.
Children found the gun upstairs in bedroom and began...
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I was thinking more in the context of this instance. If the gun owner had shown more responsibility the kids wouldn't have had access to the gun.
In...
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Last post by doncb
Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:38 pm
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Tap, Rack--Or how to not blow up your pistol
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Eric Lamberson » Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:18 pm
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I was conducting our monthly Short Range Match when I heard a loud pop instead of a bang as a competitor was completing a stage. I looked up and saw...
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I believe he thought he had an out of battery condition and that the solution was to hit the back of the slide. He clearly had a different problem....
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Last post by Eric Lamberson
Sat Aug 22, 2015 5:05 pm
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